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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1910. PAGE THHEB REVIEWS SCEI2E5 OF RHOLUTiOiiARY DAYS "VashingUtf., u'cui' . -Air Interest ing ktatement of fatalities in the va rious American wars has been pre pared by General Keifer, a represent ative from Ohio and a high officer in two wars. ' . "In the seven years' war of the American Revolution," he says, "some 65 battles and skirmishes transpired, or an average of 8 per year. In the Civil war 'of four years there was fought 2,235 battles, or an average of 559 a year. In the seven years' war of the American revolution the en tire list of killed In battles was 1, 735. In the Civil war the killed in battle were 61,862; died of wounds and disease, 183,287. . "Seventeen battles of the Revolu tionary (war show a loss in killed of Ml ml l.t.l InnBAD m T tfl ff" Sift. 211. ma tuiai iiMoca M""iio - - - occurred in Indiana massacres and various skirmishes In ' the other 3? battles and skirmishes of the seven years' war, from Lexington to York- iown. ... . . , . , "In the war of 1812 we had, all told. 471,000 men enlisted. The offi cial reports in the war office show the onftro list nf fntalttlna to' be 1.87? killed in battle; wounded 2,789. "In the Mexican war, mo to ms, the whole number of men engaged or enlisted was 101,282; killed in battle, all told, 1,049. ,; "In the three notable wars the Revolution, the war of 1812, and the Mexican war the entire loss of Jdlled In battles was 4,662. - ",' : :' "In the battle of Gettysburg, alone the loss In killed was 3,072 on th ' ITnlui aA onil AoA tt U'fiunilB ahmi! 750 more; wounded and missing, 14, 440. Hence the fatalities of that one battle were . 3,822, or within 740 of the entire battle loss in all prevlouf three great wars, covering a period all told, of eleven years. The record The acme of perfection in artifi cial dentures is the .'continuous gum' or porcelain pkte as it is absolute ly aceptic In all its parts and presents an appearance that leaves no sugges tion of the artificial. They come a little higher than the ordinary rubber plate but they are worth it if you want the best.' DR. STEVEXSOX. Vacation Trips Around the Circle Tickets sold from all stations in the Inland Empire going via Spo kane, Macleod and Calgary, through the Canadian Rockies, touching 1 Banff, Lake Louise, Field and Gla cier, returning via Vancouver, Vic toria, Seattle and Portland, or vice versa. $40 00 Tickets on sale dally June 1 to September 1. Final limit October 31. Unlimited stopovers. V ALSO SHORT TRIPS THROUGH THE KOOTENAT . AND ARROW LAKES. ; Write for literature- and detailed Information. ' , - " G. M. Jackson, Geo. A. Walton. Trav. Pass Agt Gen Agt Pass ' Dept.'' - 14 WALL ST., SPOKANE. , .' II I ' ft shows that 2,235 battles were fought from Fort Sumter in April,' 1861, to General Johnston's surrender near Raleigh. N. C April 26. 1865; and that in 1.300 battle more soldiers sere kt'Je. in.etvh battle than at th3 famous VcU5e of Eukcr BKl. XsBse chusetts, in April, 1775". . The Htm Fair at Paris. A feature of Parisian life is the ham fair which is held on the Boulevard Richard Le Nolr." The name of this fair is wholly misleading, for as far as I have ever seen bams arc the very last thing any one ever buys there. Old brass and copper curios, quaint Jewelry, t rare china, lace, tapestries and books are what most people go out to seek, and a sight not to Le easily forgotten U the long wide boulevard lined with ramshackle stalls laden with every possible kind of lumber and presided over by the most rapacious of brocanteurs. Out of piles of value less lum ber, American s and English diligently seek for their pet kind of curios, and there is not an artist in Paris who cannot point to some bit of furniture in his or ber studio and say with pride, "I got that for 5 francs at the ham fair." No one ever pays more than 5 francs, I notice, but, alas, every year these five franc bargains are becoming more rare, and even as housekeeping in Paris grows more and more costly so does the furnishing of one's house to keep. London Queen. Only' Question of Possibility.. ... Among the customers of a tea store opened In the northwest part of the city the other night was a man who. after buying a pound of coffee, handed a counterfeit half dollar to the shop keeper. ,'' : ' " ;. This money is counterfeit; I'm' sor ry, sir," said the hopkeeper. "Yes; I know it," replied the cus tomer, grinning. . "Got it here one day last week, and I've been saving it for you." . Then, noting the' smile upon the shopkeeper's face, the custom, r said, evidently offended, Perhaps you doubt my word r "Oh, not at all, sir; not at all. I couldn't doubt the word of so truthful a man. I was simply smiling because I wondered bow it was possible for you to have got the money here. This place was opened only . night before last" '.. , r . ;. Thereupon the customer departed hastily after producing a good coin and slipping the counterfeit Into bis own pocket Philadelphia Times. : . . Lancashire Humor. There was a Lancashire collier who went out on Sunday with his wheel barrow because, as be said, "I've lost mi dog, an' a felly looks slcb a f oo' gooln' a-walkin' bl hisself." : Then there was the worklngmen's club committee which wanted to in dorse the accounts "audited and found correct and tuppence over" and the customer who, on being told that the price of candles had gone up owing to the war, asked whether they were "felghtin' bi candle leet" . Also one recalls the laggard Lan cashire lover who, when asked for a kiss, said he was "gooln to do it in a bit," and the old ladies who praised a certain Darwin clergyman as "a grand burler," and of the orator who trans lated "Dieu et mon droit" into "Evil be to him what evil thinks!" "Lancashire Life and Character," by Frank Orme rod. . r ' " 'v- Japan's Giant Wrestlers. Japanese wrestlers are not to be con fused with Japanese exponents of JIu Jltsu. . The wrestlers belong to the older school, in which weight Is a par amount quality.' It is a- remarkable thing that a race which is on the av erage four or five inches under the Eu ropean standard in point of height should have produced a special cult of wrestlers who are giants in stature and strength. The leading wrestlers of Tokyo or Osaka or Hlogo are all men at least six feet in height and weighing perhaps 800 pounds. They are a race opart Wrestling is an oc cupation which has been banded down from father to son for many genera tlons. And the explanation of their prowess is that they have always been meat eaters, while the rest of Japan, either from choice or necessity, have been In the main vegetarians. , Diamonds Under Water. An Imitation diamond . is never Br brilliant as a genuine stone. If your eye is not experienced enough to de tect the difference, a very simple test is to puce the stone under water. The Imitation stone is practically extin guished, while a genuine diamond sparkles even under water and la dis tinctly visible. When possible, place a genuine stone beside the possible lml tation nnder water, and . the contrast will be apparent to the least experi enced eyes. ' Consistent Theory. "Don't you believe the husband Is the head of the house and should have the final say 7" :;,y.. "Certainly I do." ' "Then why don't yon come out in the open and say so?" "Because my wife won't let me." Exchange. . Got Another Copy. . A well dressed man was standing, outside a bookseller's shop l Charing Cross road closely examining one of Balzac's works Illustrated by Gnstave Dore.', "How um li in ibis Balzac T he asked an nsslstuui uittxlde. "Twenty-flve Nliiliiugs.' wax-the re ply. - v;, . r "Oh. that's far too much.' 1 must see the manager about a reduction." con tinued the prospective customer, and. suiting the action to the word, he took up the book and went into the shop. - Approaching the bookseller, he took the book from under bis arm and asked what he would give for It "Seven shillings highest offer," be was told. - The offer was accepted, the man took his money and left. ' "Well," queried the assistant later, after the man had gone, "were you able to hit It off wtt,h the gentleman, sirr ..... '. .'.;..'.; "Oh, yes. I managed to get another copy of that edition of Balzac for 1 shillings." I .. Then the bookseller went out to lodge complaint with the police. London Telegraph. A Victim of Leprosy. "On my travels In Venesuela." said a New York man; "I stayed In a hotel with a youug man - in whose family there was the taint of leprosy, though be apparently did not have It One night sitting at dinner he became an gry at a waiter and brought his hand down on the table with full force. Be instantly realized that he did not feel the blow and sat looking at his hand, hi fac whitening with horror. "Give me your knife. Bob.' he aald to bis chum. He grabbed the pocketknlfe in t frenzy and stabbed the side of his hand with vicious cuts from finger tip to wrist You may not know that. lep rosy appears in te side of the band, numbness being a sign. The man did not feel the cuts. lie arose from the table, knocking over his chair, rushed out Into the courtyard of the hotel, and we beard the quirk tang of a revolver shot, telling us how he had conquered the leper's curse by euding his life." New York Times.. He Could Wlold an Ax. The skill of the old Maine shipbuild ers In the use of the adz and broadux was wonderful. One old time yarn is of a carpenter who applied very drunk at a shipyard for employment. In or der to have a little fun with him the foreman set him to give a proof of his skill by hewing out a wooden bolt with no chopping block but a stone. The carpenter accomplished his difficult task without marring the keen edge of the broadax and showed the foreman a neatly made bolt. Then he brought the ax down with a terrific blow that shattered its edge upon the stone. - "I can bew fust rate on your chopping block," he hiccoughed, f'trot y be blamed if I can make the ax stick in It when I git through." The story runs that the foreman lost no time in em ploying such a workman. Judges' Wigs. ' The "wig is only worn by English barristers to give them a stern, judi cial appearance, and no one can say that it falls in this respect The cus tom was originated by a French judge in the seventeenth century when, hap pening to dou a marquis' wig one day, he found It gave him such a stern and dignified appearance that be decided to get one for himself and wear It at all times in court. This he did, and the result was so satisfactory from a legal point of view that not only judges, but barristers also, took up the custom throughout Europe. London Graphic. Acquitted. "Sirr said the young woman, with what seemed to be indignation. The young man looked embarrassed. "Yes, I did kiss you," he admitted. "but I was impulsively insane." "That means that a man would be a lunatic to kiss me?" ' "Well, any man of discretion would be just crazy to kiss you." This seemed to end the strain, and. no jury being present to muddle af fairs, a satisfactory ' verdict was reached. 8uspicious Routine. Good Man Ah, my poor fellow. feel sorry for you! Why don't you work? When I was young, for ten years I was never in bed after 8 an hour's work before breakfast then five hours' work, then dinner, then four hours' more work, then supper, then bed. then up again at B the next morn ing : '; ' ; Loafer I say, guv'nor, where did ye serve yer time. San Quentln or Pol- som? San Francisco Star. ' Out of Hor Roach. "Does your heart ever reach out for the unattainable?" "No, but my hands do when my hus band is not at home. There are three buttons at the back of my gown that I can't reach." More Appropriate. ' I teach my parrot only words." abort "Do you? Now. I should think that parrots were better adapted to learn ing polysyllables." o o o o o o o o o llioiiias Madison Square Theatre Company Af WE GOLDEN GIAUT OTE WESTE DRAMA";. . Admi 10c 9 ooooooooooooooo CLEAN MAIM; STREETS.: Devoutly to Be Wished In Many Rural ' Communities. ' Old you ever observe closely the con dition of the main street In your town) Is it In such a condition that you can point it. out with pride to a visiting Hitwi w tniuttl . nuiitaui. state that strangers will be attracted by its neatness? Or is this street the I TBI MATJI STBBKT OF TBI AVERAGE TOWN. (From Amtrlcan City, Now Tork.J thoroughfare which Is first to greet the eye of the stranger and the one over which the bulk of the town traf fic Is carried on an eyesore to all who look upon It? .Tbat Is the condition of the chief street in many small towns. Waste paper, cigar and cigarette stubs, ma nure and even tin cans and ashes are to be seen scattered over the street It Is not the writer's intention to de liver a long sermon on town cleanli ness, but be may be permitted to offer a little advice on the importance of keeping the principal street neat and tidy In appearance. If your most Im portant street Is In a filthy; unkempt condition, lay aside other mutt era for a day or so and clean It up. Organizo 1 a general campaign toward that end ' and don't wait for somebody else to take the lead and do the work. It is no disgrace for citizens to get busy and clean, up their town. It Is a dis grace to let the streets remain littered. Make your main street first of all so clean that Spotless Town will be sug gested to the visitor and prospective settler. . " -. Ho Saved the Patent OtTTco. When in the war of 1812 the British, who had taken Washington trained their guns upon the patent office, Dr. Thornton, throwing himself directly before the guns, cried: r "Are you Englishmen or Goths and Vandals? This is the patent office a depository of the Ingenuity and Inven tions of the American nation, In which the whole civilized world is interested. Would you destroy it? Then let the charge pass through my body." And the building was spared. ' Twenty-four years afterward, however, it was destroyed by fire, together with everything In it. ' Well Trained. Mrs. Boggs Mr. Meekman is a splendid example of what a man ought to be. Mr. Boggs-Not at all. He's -a splendid example of what a wife, two sisters, a grownup daughter and a mother-in-law think a man ought to be. , : Reokloss. " "Aw, come on!" the little boy was heard to remark. "Be a sport. IH bet yer any amount o money up to ft cents." Harper's. True Happiness. About the happiest man in the world should be he that, having a fad, la able to make a living at it-Chicago Hec-ord-Herald. . - The arrow that pierces the eagle's breast la often made of his own feath ers. ' ',. -MB0! race, 9 ooooooooooooooo rrHrvmvimm44vmvmmmvm ' ... . : .... is going to be disappointed when the five acre tracts we have been offering you are all gone, and they are, all but two. We have some fine buys in residence lots at $125.00 each; $25.00 down and $5.00 a i month. Better Investigate these. Bell Phone, Red 801 Independent 262 LA GRANDE Inv. CO., Foley Hotel Bid., La Grande The George Palmer We solicit your orders for Shingles, Rubberoid Roofing; Deadening felt, Building Paper, We are prepared to furnish and deliver material promptly. Phone Main 8. New Jewelry. ; ; I am daily receiving the latest designs in Spring and Summer Jewelry which when added to TY1V alTOalv loffMi of rvllr Ttrill rn-rrn. v "v oivix xxx give ixx y panxixia 111 6 . best selection of any store in Eastern Oregon. . You can have your: watch repaired in first-class shape for a less price that you can have it spoiled I have fitted eyes for twenty years and have " been located here permanently for that time. You can ask any of my customers and they will tell you lu b"""5 pcrieut saiisiacuon. jbiverytnmg that leaves this store is guaranteed to give you sat isfaction. . - 1 H Paiwa La Grande's Leading Jeweler, j. n. reare, , ; , opposite l JUNE NOW IN STOCK. J. T. SCOTT Kurtzmannt Steinway, Wellington, and Ludwig Piano. I-1 Ml Manaffes ooooooooooooooo - : : V Opposite Land Office .Kecords- 4 X